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Prof. R John Hansman, Jr
T Wilson (1953) Professor in Aeronautics
Director, International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT)
Primary DLC
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
MIT Room:
33-303
(617) 253-2271
rjhans@mit.edu
https://aeroastro.mit.edu/people/r-john-hansman/
Assistant
Andrés Forero
(617) 253-4926
aforero@mit.edu
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Areas of Interest and Expertise
Aviation Safety
Aircraft/Atmospheric Interaction
Cockpit Human Factors and Information Management
Air Traffic Control
Airline Operations
Instrumentation
Flight Information Systems
Transportation Infrastructure
Research Summary
Dr. Hansman consults and serves as a member of numerous advisory and technical committees. He chairs the including the FAA Research and Development Advisory Committee, the FAA WAAS Independent Review Board (as chair), and the NASA Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council. He has over 5700 hours of pilot in-command time in airplanes, helicopters and sailplanes, including meteorological, production and engineering flight test experience.
Recent Work
Projects
July 15, 2022
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Development of Super-Short Takeoff and Landing Aircraft
Principal Investigator
R Hansman
September 20, 2012
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment (LAE)
Principal Investigator
R Hansman
Video
Innovating In the Sky
June 24, 2020
MIT Faculty Feature
Duration: 24:43
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R. John Hansman
T. Wilson Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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